The Star Producers

"The Star Producers" is one of nine short stories written by Leslie Charteris and included in the twenty-first Saint book The Happy Highwayman published in 1939.

Plot
After a young woman loses $4,000 in a fake acting school scam, The Saint decides to enrol.

''Note: This is one of a handful of stories which Charteris attempted to update; the 1963 edition makes reference to 1960s stars William Holden, Marlon Brando, and Brigitte Bardot, replacing William Powell, John Barrymore and Greta Garbo respectively. However, a reference to Charles Laughton is left unaltered.''